Tire.



DE WITT NELSON. TIRE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.19,1907.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

nn Wm": NELSON. or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR T n. .r. PHELPS, orMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

TIRE.

1 004 89 5, Specification of Letters iatent. Patnted Oct, 3, 191]Application filed January 19. 1907. Serial 1%. 353,152.'

To all whomi'f may concern:

Be it known that I, be lVIrr NnLSoN, citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Henncpin 5 and State ofMinnesota, have invented -certain new and useful Imprmcmcnts in Tires,of which the follmving is a'spccilication.

It frequently becomes necessary, particle 'larly when riding upon thehighway out some distance from a thickly settled place, to improvisemeans for reventing serious injury to apneumatic tire after the same hascollapsed from pumture, or other cause.

The present invention aims to fill this 16 want by providing anemergency tire which may be readily fitted to any wheel of the vehicleafter the disabled lire has been reinoved, thereby enabling the machine,or vehicle, to continue on its journey.

20 emergency tire is of sectional formation,

,the sections either being hinged 'or made separable and adapted to beconnected in any substantial place the tire in position.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the detailsmf construction of the means forethic-ting the result. referonce is to be had to the. followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

\Vhile the invention maybe adapts to different forms and conditions by(hedges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential feu- -tures thereof, still the preferred embodimentis shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a vehicle wheel provided with a tireembodying the inven- 40 tion. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-- 2of Fig. 1.. Fig. is a detail viewof the '2 connecting means betweenadjacent lire sections. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the partsshown in Fig. y I I :5 Corresponding and like parts are re ferred to inthe following description and indicated in all the views of the drawingsby the same reference characters.

The tire is which are so connected as to admit of the .tire beingreduced to compact form. Each of the sections is curved longitudinallyconform to the circumference of the wheel for which the tireis designed.While the The way when it is required to.

composed of like sections i l l r I sections may be formed of anysuitable inatcrial, it is preferred to construct the same of wood whichis light, cheap and possessed of a certain amount of resiliency sons toneutralize shock and vibration. lAs indicated in Fig. 2, the bodyportion of theseom tions is formed of wood and theit read portion isconstructed of rubber, leather. wood fiber or other material to providenyieldable tread portion. Metallic plates l'whatever be their form arefitted to opposite sides of the sections :2 whatever be their form andare secured thereto by means of bolts, rivets, or like fastenings 3passed through transversely alined openings-in the plates 1 and bodyportion of the seam?!) tions. The side, plates 1 may bexlighta and givestrength to the sections and provide substantial means for thejointformed-between said sections. When the tire isrsdesigned for avehicle wheel having a rim' ofsi'i's the clenchcr type, the innerportionof the sections is constructed sons to fitbetween the recurvedportions of the clencherrim 4 of the vehicle wheel as indicated-:xm'ostclearly in F ig. 2. When the sections of 165 380 tire are provided with.a. tread portion 60f l ather, rubber, or like material, theside plates 1are preferably GXtQIHlGClyOUtWfiX'Ll from the body of the section so asto fembrace edge portions of the tread portionfi, :35 said projectingportions of'the'side plates being uperturcd to receive fastenings 7 ofany suitable type. The sections are of such curvature and relativelength that when assembled :they unitedly form a tire Which-: fitsabout, or conforms to, the circumference of the vehicle wheel for whichdesigned. Lateral lugs S are provided at theendsof the tire and areapertured to receive a bolt f) with right and loft-hand thread-s; b-.295 means of which said tire, is drawn close about the rim of thewheel. By having the lugs 8 located at one side of the tire, they do notcome in contact withthe surface over move, and more-.1

which the vehicle may over, the strain exerted for drawing the tire snu,about the wheel i. sustained by the met-.dlic side plates 1 to whichsaid lugs 8 are attached.

The sections 2 are adapted to a way to admit of either folding or beingreadily separated so as to be stowed in a small space, each of thejoints comprising be. jointed in a lug 10.and a hook 11 said parts dldwhioh are of said plates;

' When a pneumatic tire of the wheel of an automobile, or like roadmachine, becomes crippled, it may be removed and replaced by e the haremdescribed, it being understood that the tire is of'such construction asto fit any wheel of the machine. The the being practically of wood, willmmpensat in a measure for vibration and render riding com arativelyeasy, -much more if then wou d be ex riencedby riding dirct y upon therim-of t e wheel not taking intoaccount the injury which would result tothe tire if the same were left u on.the wheel.

I do not limit myseii to the details-of co struction shown and describedas the sari may be varied in many particulars withodt de artin from myinvention.

t wil be observed (see Fig. 1) that the interchangeable sections haveflattened square ends so that one section will abut squarely oifit snu1y against the adjoining section and when rawn and interlocked togetherform substantiallv a continuous rigid ring, which is firacticallyself-sustaining.

' aving thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tire of the character set forth, comprising a series-of corresending sections, reinforcing plates applie to the opposite sides of thesections, andsecond plates secured to the reinforcing plates andcarrying 7 means for detachably connecting the sec; 45'

tions.

2'. A tire of the character set forth, c013; prising a series ofsections, a resilient trea reinforcing plates applied to opposite sides.

of the sections and extending outwardly'to embrace the tread, and meanscarried by the reinforcing plates for detachably connecting thesections.

3. A tireof the character set forth, com- Eris-ing a series ofcorresponding sections aving the inner edges thereof cut away to receivethe side 'flangesof the rim, a tread ortion carried by each of thesections, reinorcing plates applied to opposite sides of each" of thesections and'pro'ecting .outwardly to embrace the tread, an meanscarried by the reinforcing plates for detachably connecting the sectiom.p a 4. A tire of the character set forth, comprising a series ofcorresponding sections aving the inner edges thereof cut away to receivethe side flan es of a wheel rim, a tread portion carrie by each of thesections, reinforcing plates applied to the opposite sides of thesections and extending outwardly to embrace the tread, and coiiperatinghooks andlu carried by the reinforcing plates for etachably connectingthe sections.

5. In an emergency tire, a rim formed of sections movably connectedtogether, a tire means carried'by said rim to detachably fistheordinary, tire. e

6. In an emergency tire, a rim' formed of.

1 sections, a tire section "secured to each rim section, connectionsbetween said rim sections, and means between two'adjacent sec- ,tionsfor clamping said rim on a, vehicle wheel, w

7. In an emergency tire, a rim formed of sections, a tiresection securedto each rim section,a lug on two adjacent sections, 0on nections betweenthe remaining rim sections, a worm securing said lugs to ther, and meansto rotate said worm, where y said rim may be fastened to a vehicle wheelin place of the ordinary In testimon whereof I afiix my signature inpresence 0 two'witnesses.

DE WITT. NELSON. [n 5.]

Witnesses! section secured to each rim section, and? ten said rim on avehicle wheel in place of

